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Closed retrograde retrieval of the distal broken segment of femoral cannulated intramedullary nail using a ball-tipped guide wire

BACKGROUND: Extracting broken segments of intramedullay nails from long bones can be an operative challenge, particularly from the distal end. We report a case series where a simple and reproducible technique of extracting broken femoral cannulated nails using a ball-tipped guide wire is described....

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Autores principales: Metikala, Sreenivasulu, Mohammed, Riazuddin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3134021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21772629
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.82342